Fatal crash profile · Model

Pontiac Torrent

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 62
Fatal crashes: 62
Deaths inside: 44
Other deaths: 23

Between 2020 and 2024, 62 vehicles described as Pontiac Torrent were involved in 62 fatal crashes in the United States. 44 people died inside these vehicles and 23 people outside them (occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists) died in the same crashes.

Counts show how often this vehicle appears in fatal crashes. They also reflect how many are on the road, so they are not a safety rating. See how it compares with other suvs or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year

Category	Vehicles
2020	14
2021	11
2022	7
2023	9
2024	21

Reflects how many of these vehicles are on the road as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

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Deaths

Who died in these crashes

66%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Pontiac: 70%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	10	6
2021	9	4
2022	6	1
2023	7	2
2024	12	10

Other road users are occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists killed in the same crashes.

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Crash factors

Speeding, drinking and night-time crashes

19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About three-quarters of the share for Pontiac: 26%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 19%

21%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 85 percent of the share for Pontiac: 24%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

55%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

About the same as the share for Pontiac: 52%
About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Pontiac Torrent	Pontiac	All vehicles
Driver speeding	19.4%	25.8%	19.0%
Driver drinking	21.0%	24.2%	17.7%
At night	54.8%	51.8%	49.3%

Share of vehicles in fatal crashes. Speeding and drinking are as recorded for the driver in police reports.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	45
Rain	7
Cloudy	4
Snow	1

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	27
Dark - Not Lighted	19
Dark - Lighted	12
Dark - Unknown Lighting	1
Dawn	1

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes

Category	Vehicles
Michigan	6
Texas	6
Missouri	4
Ohio	4
Illinois	4
Florida	3
Wisconsin	3
Pennsylvania	3
Indiana	3
Oklahoma	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Pontiac Torrent by model year

2008 17 crashes
2007 13 crashes
2006 24 crashes

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Mar 27, 2023	Bedford County, Pennsylvania	SSR-4009 WILLIAM PENN RD	1
Mar 24, 2023	Yalobusha County, Mississippi	SR-32	1
Mar 18, 2023	Renton, King County, Washington	SR-900	1
Feb 24, 2023	Louisa County, Virginia	CR-628	1
Feb 12, 2023	O Fallon, St. Charles County, Missouri	SR-364	1
Dec 11, 2022	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota	CR-152	1
Oct 7, 2022	DeSoto County, Florida	OWENS AVE	1
Oct 4, 2022	Dane County, Wisconsin	US-12	1
Jul 19, 2022	Seminole County, Oklahoma	I-40	1
Jun 20, 2022	Stephens County, Oklahoma	CR-RENFROW RD	1
Mar 9, 2022	Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas	130TH RD	1
Jan 12, 2022	Crawford County, Michigan	US-127	1
Dec 18, 2021	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana	DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR	1
Dec 4, 2021	Roland, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma	CR-HIGHLAND DR	1
Aug 14, 2021	Bradley County, Arkansas	US-63-16	3
Jul 29, 2021	Windham, Windham County, Connecticut	SR-66	1
Jul 5, 2021	Hamilton County, Tennessee	I-75 US-74	1
Jun 3, 2021	Hunt County, Texas	SP 264	1
May 7, 2021	Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York	US-11	1
Apr 22, 2021	Kalkaska County, Michigan	CR-INGERSOLL RD SW	1
Apr 8, 2021	Middletown, Butler County, Ohio	CR-611 GRAND AV	1
Mar 3, 2021	Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska	27TH ST	1
Jan 15, 2021	Lapeer County, Michigan	SR-53 N VAN DYKE RD	1
Dec 30, 2020	Montcalm County, Michigan	SR-91 GREENVILLE RD	1
Dec 20, 2020	Pulaski County, Virginia	CR-636	1

Compare Pontiac Torrent with another vehicle

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.